THREE DIE IN NEPAL
Mountaineers Buried
(N.Z Press Assn.—Copyright) KATMANDU. May 18. Two climbers and one sherpa of the Japanese Osaka City University expedition in the Himalayas have been buried by an avalanche on Langtang Mountain, according to a report received in Katmandu today. The sherpa’s body was recovered, but the Japanese were reported still missing, the Associated Press reported The expedition, led by Mr Kaichi Morimoto. was attempting to climb the 23.750-foot mountain in Nepal's centra) Himalayas.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29517, 19 May 1961, Page 11
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